[geeklog-users] moved to new server, cannot edit or create

[S. Kruit]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:27:49 -0700, Wade Preston Shearer  
<lists at anavidesign.com> wrote:

Did you check the rights on the directories and files so the user the  
webserver is running as has rw access?

It is a silly, even stupid note, but I've made that mistake before ;-)

> Strange thing this is. I moved my install of GeekLog to a new server
> today and at first thought that everything had gone smoothly. I copied
> the files and the database over and adjusted the config files to
> accommodate the file structure of the new server. The site came up fine
> and everything looked right. Users were able to log in and all of the
> data was being displayed correctly. Later, however, when I tried to
> create a new account and when I tried to edit a static page, I
> discovered that I cannot edit or create anything. For example, when I
> go to the Users admin panel and click "New User" the page just
> refreshes instead of taking me to the add new user form. Another
> example is when I try to edit the text on a static page. After editing
> the content in the webform, I submit the page and everything appears to
> function as it normally does, but when I return to the page to see the
> changes, none of them "took" and it appears as it originally did.
>
> I gave gone though the config files exhaustively looking for something
> that I missed... something that could be different from how it was
> before, when it was working on the other server... and am at a loss.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas? or any pointers of where I might look?
>
> I am running GeekLog 1.3.9sr2.
>
> wade